[TheForge] Mark Krause held on bomb making charges

Sat Dec 11 15:23:07 EST 2010

Hi Mike;
The FBI affidavit looks pretty circumstantial, as evidence goes, to me.
The informant may well be his ex wife who is apt to be very unhappy 
about Mark
and his pretty new blacksmithing lady friend.
Mark is too politically aware, and empathetic to even consider a CS, 
counterproductive and ineffectual
act like the one described. It's just not in his character.
My worry is that as a Californian with liberal leanings ,a taste for 
firearms and blowing the anvil;
he's going to have a tough time in this political climate, getting a 
fair trial, there in the south.

On 12/11/2010 8:08 AM, Mike Linn wrote:
> I hate to say it as I don't know the guy, but the affidavit seems pretty clearcut and damming. You read all the time about people whom family and friends would never have suspected.
>
> He'll get his day in court, and the prosecution will have to prove it's case beyond a reasonable doubt.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Dec 11, 2010, at 8:24 AM, "Rome H. Hutchings"<tpimg at tds.net>  wrote:
>
>> It was taken down, apparently the email was not totally Board approved.
>> When
>> I received the text content from Paul Boulay (1st VP) for the Constant
>> Contact it
>> was thought that the Board had approved to put out the word for Mark.
>>
>> To the contrary!  I received a request from Peyton Anderson, ABANA's new
>> President
>> to take down the posting and remove the link from my Facebook page.
>>
>> So much for the new Board being on track and progressive in thought and
>> deed.
>>
>> I have since reposted the entire message with the links, minus the ABANA
>> header on
>> my Facebook page.
>>
>> Here is the content and links:
>>
>> Artist and Blacksmith Mark Krause was arrested last week on charges of
>> domestic terrorism. This stems from a home made device alleged to be a bomb
>> in the guise of a Pepsi can having been found at the Osage Baptist Church
>> that was being use...d as a polling place. This occurred a few days after
>> the 2010 ABANA conference which Mark attended.
>>
>> The connection between Mark and the bomb is that the house that Mark once
>> occupied and had abandoned due to foreclosure proceedings was found to have
>> pepsi can bits, modified batteries and drawings that were identified as
>> Marks that are said to resemble parts of the device.
>>
>> Marks long time friends and associates among the blacksmithing community
>> strongly support Mark and vouch for his character. Among these are Jill
>> Turman, Toby Hickman, and Jon Sarriugarte. Mark is the author of a guide on
>> how Nazel power hammers work and was known as the "power hammer whisperer"
>> for is knack of being able to coax the best out of these tools of our trade.
>> He had spent the last few months rebuilding the hammers of several West
>> Coast Smiths.
>>
>> You can find out about Mark's case and if you choose, contribute to his
>> legal defense fund see the "Donate with WePay" button on this page:
>> http://freemarkkrause.blogspot.com/
>>
>> Jon Sarriugarte's page http://www.formandreform.com/wordpress/?p=4314 has
>> additional links and shows the sculpture "Icarus" Mark was creating before
>> and after the ABANA conference.
>>
>> If you attended the 2010 Conference in Memphis and met or spoke with Mark,
>> have any information that may assist Mark, or are just simply a friend, Mark
>> is in need of your help.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "peter fels&  phoebe palmer"<artgawk at thegrid.net>
>> To: "Rome H. Hutchings"<rome.hutchings at theprairieismygarden.com>;
>> "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA"<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 11:11 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Mark Krause held on bomb making charges
>>
>>
>>> Pulled a 404 on that link Rome. Ah well
>>> Thank you for alerting us to this travesty...much appreciated.
>>> Please add me to the list of folks vouching for Mark.
>>>
>>> On 12/10/2010 4:01 PM, Rome H. Hutchings wrote:
>>>> You can see more information at the following link:
>>>> http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs033/1101903933417/archive/1104054990343.html
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "peter fels&   phoebe palmer"<artgawk at thegrid.net>
>>>> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA"<theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2010 5:34 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Mark Krause held on bomb making charges
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> My friend Mark Krause..a fine artist-blacksmith, a good friend and a
>>>>> kind, creative  and generous person
>>>>> has been charged with bomb making etc.
>>>>> It's absurd but looks nasty.
>>>>> Please see
>>>>>
>>>>> http://freemarkkrause.blogspot.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> pete fels
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